Author: Harvard University. Dumbarton Oaks Research. Library and Collection, Washington, D.C.
Publisher:
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 210

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Author: Marvin C. Ross
Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks
ISBN: 9780884020097
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 216

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Author: Dumbarton Oaks
Publisher:
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Category : Art objects
Languages : en
Pages : 212

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Author: Dumbarton Oaks
Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks
ISBN: 9780884023012
Category : Art objects, Byzantine
Languages : en
Pages : 454

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Author: University of Missouri--Columbia. Museum of Art and Archaeology. Palestinian Antiquities
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
ISBN: 9780838639757
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 248

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This illustrated catalogue presents 190 objects from the Collection of Palestinian Antiquities in the Museum of Art and Archaeology at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Covering the 4th millennium BC to the 8th century AD, the artefacts are presented in ten thematic sections. These cover such subjects as: death and burial in the early Bronze Age; war; the domestic world in the Bronze and Iron Ages; the wider world; religion in the late Bronze and Iron Ages; Hellenistic and Byzantine trade; the villa at Tel Anafa; technology; everyday life in the hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods; and pagans, Jews and Christians. Each section begins with a discussion followed by a full description and discussion of the objects themselves, all of which are illustrated. Many types of object are represented including ceramics and lamps, personal implements and tools, religious figurines and carvings, jewellery, bone items, toilet implements, scarabs, armour and weapons, intaglio gems and ossuaries. The book begins with a brief discussion of changing attitudes and practice in the archaeology of the Holy Hand.

Author: Dumbarton Oaks
Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection
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Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 450

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Marvin Ross's groundbreaking catalogue of jewelry in the Byzantine Collection at Dumbarton Oaks, first published in 1965, has long been out of print, but its enduring status led to a reprint--this time with color photographs and an addendum by Susan Boyd and Stephen Zwirn with 22 new objects acquired by Dumbarton Oaks since 1962.

Author: Chris Entwistle
Publisher: Oxbow Books
ISBN: 1785702742
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 256

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The twenty-five papers in this volume cover diverse aspects of the material culture of the late Roman, Byzantine and Medieval periods, with particular emphasis on the metalwork and enamel of these times. Individual papers include major reinterpretations of objects in the British Museum's Byzantine collections as well as essays devoted to the Museum's recent acquisitions in this field. The volume celebrates the retirement of David Buckton, for over twenty years the curator of the British Museum's Early Christian and Byzantine collections and the National Icon Collection.

Author: Harvard University. Dumbarton Oaks Research. Library and Collection, Washington, D.C.
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 274

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Author: Stephen J. Davis
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198270194
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 304

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"Thecla, a disciple of the apostle Paul, became perhaps the most celebrated female saint and 'martyr' among Christians in late antiquity. In the early church, Thecla's example was associated with the piety of women - in particular, with women's ministry and travel. Devotion to Saint Thecla quickly spread throughout the Mediterranean world: her image was painted on walls of tombs, stamped on clay flasks and oil lamps, engraved on bronze crosses and wooden combs, and even woven into textile curtains. Bringing together literary, artistic, and archaeological evidence, often for the first time, Stephen Davis here reconstructs the cult of Saint Thecla in Asia Minor and Egypt - the social practices, institutions, and artefacts that marked the lives of actual devotees. From this evidence the author shows how the cult of this female saint remained closely linked with communities of women as a source of empowerment and a cause of controversy."--Jacket.

Author: Michael Maas
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139826875
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 743

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This book introduces the Age of Justinian, the last Roman century and the first flowering of Byzantine culture. Dominated by the policies and personality of emperor Justinian I (527–565), this period of grand achievements and far-reaching failures witnessed the transformation of the Mediterranean world. In this volume, twenty specialists explore the most important aspects of the age including the mechanics and theory of empire, warfare, urbanism, and economy. It also discusses the impact of the great plague, the codification of Roman law, and the many religious upheavals taking place at the time. Consideration is given to imperial relations with the papacy, northern barbarians, the Persians, and other eastern peoples, shedding new light on a dramatic and highly significant historical period.